SAN FRANCISCO -- The debate over the citizenship question is just the latest controversy that has surrounded the questionnaire since it began in 1790. That first census only asked if respondents were ...
Chicago Tribune columnist Clarence Page highlights the problems with relying on a race-classification system created in a different era. Suggested Reading 11 Times The Extreme Right Got Their Karma ...
MEASUREMENT OF RACE HAS BEEN A CRITICAL PART of census-taking from the first census in 1790; measurement of ethnicity and national origin in one or another form goes back to the 1850 census. Today, ...
A notable example of how Americans fall through the cracks in census data-gathering caught my attention while Web surfing. It appeared on the black-oriented website TheRoot.com under this eye-catching ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. President Biden Joe Biden speaks at a Hispanic Heritage Month 2022 reception at the White House. Just who counts as 'Hispanic' in ...